title: An unusual necrotizing dermatitis after a single application of topical benzoin and pressure bandage for enucleation of an eye.
abstract: We report on a patient who developed necrotizing contact dermatitis after a single topical application of tincture of benzoin and a pressure bandage following enucleation of an eye. The toxicity manifested in this case was more severe than any documented previously in the ophthalmic literature.
authors.affiliation: Visual Sciences Center, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fekrat-Polascik
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Ernest
mesh_terms: D000287:Administration, Topical; D000328:Adult; D001458:Bandages; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D032362:Styrax
chemical_list: C457659:Benzoin Gum; D010936:Plant Extracts